The Effects of P-Fossing on Drinking Water

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Some amount of P-fossing ground water or drinking water in nearly 2,800 American communities across 49 states. contamination often linked to nearby industrial sites, landfills, airports and military bases where the chemicals may have seeped into the ground. Scientists are not 100% sure of the mechanism of how they do these things in the body. They kind of mimic certain other things that are good. So your body kind of lets them in and they disrupt all kinds of different functions in your body.

The chemical manufacturer 3M will pay $10 billion to settle claims it contaminated drinking water with “forever chemicals.” Good thing we already spoke with Barbara Moran, WBUR’s climate and environmental correspondent, who explained these non-stick chemicals that stick around forever.

This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Haleema Shah, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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